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Re:Amazon is not going to make a bid for Electronic Arts – s... by amelius on Friday August 26, 2022 @08:51AM (#32606766)
Number of people employed.

If you can rake in billions using a team of 50 people, that is great, and should be allowed.

Also, a company like Apple should be allowed. What should not be allowed is for Apple to own its entire supply chain (which would not be possible if company size was limited by number of people).

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Re:Amazon is not going to make a bid for Electronic Arts – s... by alberth on Friday August 26, 2022 @09:31AM (#32607274)
Employee as the metric doesn't work.

Consulting businesses are literally in the business to resell their employed talent. Their "product" is their employees.

As such, they type of business by its very nature have a disproportionately large number of employees. E.g. Accenture employees 700,000 people, Tata Consulting 600,000.

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Re:Amazon is not going to make a bid for Electronic Arts – s... by amelius on Friday August 26, 2022 @11:27AM (#32608757)
Consulting businesses could be an exception.
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